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New Rifle Owner
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Neorotoxin
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New Rifle Owner
Just yesterday, i finally managed to track down a Henry Big Boy X 357, which i've been looking for for over a year. This will in fact be my first gun i've ever owned, and i did a lot of research to choose it. I'm hoping to have a lot of fun at the range in the near future. I'm from western Washington, and the shop i bought it from is almost an exclusive Henry and black powder shop. In fact this particular shop bought out the Hawken rifle company and still produces new Hawken rifles even now, which was a bit of neat history.
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Re: New Rifle Owner
Congrats on the new Henry. You must be close to Oak Harbor and speaking of the Hawken Shop. Welcome to the forum there are quite a few in here from Washington State
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Kissmybrass
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Re: New Rifle Owner
Hey welcome from Issaquah! 
Do tell where this shop is...
Do tell where this shop is...
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Vaquero
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Re: New Rifle Owner
Hello & Welcome from W TN.
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JEBar
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Re: New Rifle Owner
congrats on your X-357 .... you will find is really fun to fire .... feel free to ask questions when needed and to offer others assistance when possible .... be sure to follow the link below and add yours to our community's total
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 69#p177969
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 69#p177969
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Shakey Jake
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Welcome from Nebraska. My Henry was the first rifle for me too. It’s a great way to begin.
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Neorotoxin
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Re: New Rifle Owner
Lets see, if you care to visit it, the shop where i purchase my Henry is "Greene's Gunshop", its a great little place. At the time i purchased it, the owner Greg actually had a second X in 357, so if you are relatively nearby, and can't find one, he HAD a second.
I did manage to get one box of 38 special from him, though no 357 , not yet, though i ordered some on backorder, who knows when it'll actually arrive, but seeing as i was looking for this rifle for as long as i did, i can be patient easily enough.
I don't have many questions yet, though i will have more later on, but the first one i wanted to know is, would dry firing my rifle damage it in any way? My friend who owns many suggested i do so if it is not harmful so i can get a feel for the trigger, but suggested asking first to make sure it wouldn't be harmful.
Additionally, what tools would you suggest for maintaining my Henry? At my friend's suggestion, i have cleaning patches, gun oil for cleaning and protecting, and one of those bore snakes (if that's what its called,can't remember for sure), but that's it so far.
I did manage to get one box of 38 special from him, though no 357 , not yet, though i ordered some on backorder, who knows when it'll actually arrive, but seeing as i was looking for this rifle for as long as i did, i can be patient easily enough.
I don't have many questions yet, though i will have more later on, but the first one i wanted to know is, would dry firing my rifle damage it in any way? My friend who owns many suggested i do so if it is not harmful so i can get a feel for the trigger, but suggested asking first to make sure it wouldn't be harmful.
Additionally, what tools would you suggest for maintaining my Henry? At my friend's suggestion, i have cleaning patches, gun oil for cleaning and protecting, and one of those bore snakes (if that's what its called,can't remember for sure), but that's it so far.
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